"perfect pixel experience"

I read that Apple is now claiming that anything you see on the new iMac will be a "perfect pixel experience." Does this mean that Apple is now taking a zero-tolerance approach to even one dead or stuck pixel? In the past, Apple would tolerate a few imperfect pixels on the screen by claiming that this was normal, but now that Apple is claiming perfection, it seems that Apple's policy has changed.

Well, even a bad lawyer could argue the semantics. Are they saying "perfect pixels" experience or perfect "pixel experience?" I can certainly see either one. And, a certain amount of hyperbole is permitted in advertising copy. The KB article on the other hand suggests that it's quite possible that some displays will have minor anomalies, and that Apple would replace a screen when the number of anomalies were excessive. The lawyers will have to argue how many anomalies count as "excessive."
One thing I know from hearing so many ads is that the word "perfect" (or "parfect" for you Brits out there) is bandied about way too much. I even hear "more perfect" and "most perfect" in some ads. I suppose I should be happy they don't say "perfecter" and "perfectest."

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I built a new desktop for editing video during the summer. In the past week or two I've encountered some serious issues.
Ex. A: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8476/8374160517_0bb791f218_c.jpg
While editing in Premiere or AE CS6 I've been getting these weird lines appear randomly. If I close the program and re-open it, it'll disappear, and sometimes reappear at another point in the timeline. Really strange. I also have active backgrounds enabled and green or purple patches of pixels will sometimes appear. If I tell windows to go to the next background, the pixels usually go back to normal.
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I could be watching vimeo or youtube or doing video editing and suddenly get a shut down error. It also happened while playing the CRYSIS demo, although I had a perfectly smooth experience until that happened.
Here are my specs:
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Do you guys think this is a graphics card or PSU issue? My computer is next to a metal cabinet, but has plenty of room for air ventilation. The graphics card and CPU temps have generally been between 30-40 degrees Celsius, and always under 50 C (even when rendering), so I doubt overheating is an issue. Checked with HWMonitor.
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>suddenly get a shut down error
What is the text of the error message?
Read Bill Hunt on BSOD http://forums.adobe.com/thread/772169
My best GUESS is that you have a power supply problem
>NVIDIA 560 Ti 1GB - 500w PSU corsair
According to some notes I made http://www.pacifier.com/~jtsmith/GPU.HTM the 560Ti draws 170 watts
Use the Power supply calculator http://extreme.outervision.com/index.jsp (the PRO version has more options) to determine your power supply needs
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I have installed -
1)MDEX
2)Platform Services
3)CAS
4)Document Converter.
5)Deployment Template.
6)Oracle Endeca Guided Search 2.1.2 for Microsoft Windows x64 (64-bit)      V31161-01
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xmgrworkbench_2.1.2.618087_x86_64pc-win32 -
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Please uninstall all other versions of Workbench before running this installer."
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b)Oracle Endeca Experience Manager Extensions 2.1.2 for Generic Platform      V31169-01      71M
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Or I have to use both the versions ?
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Hi Hoque. I know it is a bit confusing and we are working to simplify things in future releases, but you will want to install
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or
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Hi Everyone,
This is my first post, but I'm a longtime lurker
I fretted and worried over the arrival of my beautiful new 27" iMac, hoping it wouldn't suffer any of the issues I've been reading about on the forums. I breathed a sigh of relief when it came last Tuesday (2 days early) with perfect glass, perfect pixels, quiet hard drive, etc. I loaded all of my software from scratch, brought over all of my files, started up Final Cut and was ready to go.
Then I noticed wacky audio. It seems something is wrong with my left speaker. Even the slightest amount of bass makes the speaker put out horrible "vibrating and rattling" noises, sounds like the speaker is blown. Sounds bad across all programs (not isolated to Final Cut) but headphones sound fine. Opened up System Preferences and moved the balance all the way to the right, everything sounds perfect, but if I move the balance to the left it is very very noticeable.
I looked around on the message boards, found someone with an older iMac with the same problem, someone had suggested trashing audio preferences and zapping the PRAM, I did both of those. No luck.
I have an appointment tomorrow morning at the Genius Bar, we'll see what they say. I want them to fix +this machine+, not give me a new or refurb. Two months ago I took my 18 month old 17" MacBook Pro in to replace the graphics card (under warranty) and they ended up giving me a refurb (though they said previously they wouldn't). I had had a dead pixel and a small scratch on the top of the case and suddenly both of those items had disappeared! So that was happy for me in the end.
So, does anyone out there have any advice to give me before I lug my iMac to the Apple Store tomorrow morning? Are they likely to want to give me a new unit or fix this one? Any magic words I should say to the Genius (besides please)? Anyone else out there have any experience with this same problem?
Any thoughts, ideas or moral support would be appreciated! Thanks!

The guy at the Genius Bar was pretty quick to agree with me that the speaker was blown. I was a little worried because the Apple Store was quite loud, I wasn't sure if he would be able to hear the speaker noise (he said he would take the iMac to the back if necessary).
I knew the "bad sound" only happened when you played music or sound with a little bit of bass, so I planned ahead and created a "Bad Speaker Mix" in iTunes in preparation for my appointment. I pulled about 8 songs that sound particularly horrible on the speaker. The first thing the tech guy did was open up iTunes and start playing random songs, but he wasn't replicating the noise. Then I pointed out the Bad Speaker Mix and that did the trick.
The Genius said that if this was an "in-stock" build, they would just give me a new machine. But, I have a i7 (and a 2 TB drive) so the only option is to have my machine repaired. They didn't have the part in stock, it needed to be ordered. I was allowed to take my computer home, they'll call me when the part has arrived (should be here today or tomorrow). He said the repair will be done in-store and should take a couple of days. He also mentioned that they repair computers 7 days a week, so there's no slow-down in the repair system.
Overall, I was very pleased with the whole experience. The appointment took about 10 minutes, everyone was extremely friendly and explained the repair process quite well. In the end it sounds like I'll only be without my computer for a few days (I was happy to hear they do small repairs like this in the store, less chance of shipping accidents and quicker turnaround time)
Big Ben, it sounds like your speaker problem is a bit different than mine, are you able to replicate it easily? Just keep in mind that these Genius Bar appointments are fast, so planning ahead helps you out!
I'll post again once my computer is all fixed up, good luck Big Ben!

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Hi,
I have a Macbook (13inch-mid 2010) and I'm wanting to connect to a SONY Trinitron CRT 4:3 with a RGB scart on the rear. So I can use MAME OS X and get those arcade perfect pixels
If I get a mini dvi to vga then a vga to scart cable would it work?
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Kind regards,
Retro Gamer

I never even heard of SCART until this post and had to look it up in wiki to find out what it is. That wiki article had a reference to this article. And if what it says is true, no, it will not work. The pertinent comment is near the bottom of that article:
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...or make that a big maybe it won't work. Since your monitor uses that SCART, not VGA, you would think that the higher frequency signal put out by the macbook would be more than what is required by the monitor. So in the end, I am not sure. The "fun" part about connectors/adapaters is stringing them together and seeing if they work. These adapters aren't too expensive so you might as well give it a try.

I've been using my Air since Sept. 19th, but I seem to have some bugs...

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Mainly what I'm asking here is are you guys having these problems? Also, should I stick with Safari? Is there another way to use iCloud with a different browser? Everything I have is Apple, so it's just nice having that one nice, central, similar ecosystem, without annoying and time-consuming workarounds. I love how Apple is natively configured to work with SO much (it's notification center is absolutely amazing. I think it's so cool)
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I don't want any color profile at all!

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